Rob Shaw
@whatisrobshaw.bsky.social
Geography Reader @ Newcastle Uni. Researches urban senses & night. Leverhulme Research Project 'Urban Sensory Pollution' at http://bit.ly/4dM8iWH. 2018 book: 'The Nocturnal City'. Posts ≠ employer endorsed. Shaw in professional life, Lawshaw in personal
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As a positive start to our feed, here is our brand new student-led Student Staff Committee, working this year to make sure our programmes run smoothly and successfully.
A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.
A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
As a positive start to our feed, here is our brand new student-led Student Staff Committee, working this year to make sure our programmes run smoothly and successfully.
A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.
A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.
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The ONS has updated its disposable income data, including a revision to older figures.
It now reveals that living standards fell between Dec 2019 and Jun 2024 - the first time that disposable income has been lower at the end of a parliament than the start
It now reveals that living standards fell between Dec 2019 and Jun 2024 - the first time that disposable income has been lower at the end of a parliament than the start
October 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The ONS has updated its disposable income data, including a revision to older figures.
It now reveals that living standards fell between Dec 2019 and Jun 2024 - the first time that disposable income has been lower at the end of a parliament than the start
It now reveals that living standards fell between Dec 2019 and Jun 2024 - the first time that disposable income has been lower at the end of a parliament than the start
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One more month until "All Geographers should be Feminist Geographers!" Published by @ugapress.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One more month until "All Geographers should be Feminist Geographers!" Published by @ugapress.bsky.social
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The Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social is hosting a discussion (in person & online) on the far right and climate policy on Tues 30th Sept. Details here -
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Royal Geographical Society @rgsibg.bsky.social is hosting a discussion (in person & online) on the far right and climate policy on Tues 30th Sept. Details here -
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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Excited to be hosting a knowledge exchange conference 'Good Lighting - from Polution to Solution' with DarkSkyUK at Newcastle Uni this September. Register for free at darksky.uk/conference/. This is all about how academics, professionals & policy makers can share best practice to light *better*
DarkSky Conference 2025 - DarkSky UK
DarkSky Conference 2025 Good Lighting – from Polution to Solution Newcastle University 9th September 2025 Register Now A One-Day Conference
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June 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Excited to be hosting a knowledge exchange conference 'Good Lighting - from Polution to Solution' with DarkSkyUK at Newcastle Uni this September. Register for free at darksky.uk/conference/. This is all about how academics, professionals & policy makers can share best practice to light *better*
Excited to be hosting a knowledge exchange conference 'Good Lighting - from Polution to Solution' with DarkSkyUK at Newcastle Uni this September. Register for free at darksky.uk/conference/. This is all about how academics, professionals & policy makers can share best practice to light *better*
DarkSky Conference 2025 - DarkSky UK
DarkSky Conference 2025 Good Lighting – from Polution to Solution Newcastle University 9th September 2025 Register Now A One-Day Conference
darksky.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Excited to be hosting a knowledge exchange conference 'Good Lighting - from Polution to Solution' with DarkSkyUK at Newcastle Uni this September. Register for free at darksky.uk/conference/. This is all about how academics, professionals & policy makers can share best practice to light *better*
That moment when I have to download one of my own papers to read, in order to remember what I think about something 😆😆😆
June 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
That moment when I have to download one of my own papers to read, in order to remember what I think about something 😆😆😆
From Tweet to published paper! This germ of an idea is now published as "What does geography look like?" with @areajournal.bsky.social, hopefully of interest to geographers thinking about the politics of how our discipline is presented to the world #geography #highereducation #visualmethods
May 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From Tweet to published paper! This germ of an idea is now published as "What does geography look like?" with @areajournal.bsky.social, hopefully of interest to geographers thinking about the politics of how our discipline is presented to the world #geography #highereducation #visualmethods
Hey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, spotted on a street in Newcastle, Keir Starmer seems to have lost his badge?
May 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Hey @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, spotted on a street in Newcastle, Keir Starmer seems to have lost his badge?
Beautiful day for fieldwork teaching with @newcastleuni.bsky.social #geography students at Seaburn
May 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Beautiful day for fieldwork teaching with @newcastleuni.bsky.social #geography students at Seaburn
You know, just because he's not Trump or Farage doesn't mean we have to start cheerleading for the banker
May 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
You know, just because he's not Trump or Farage doesn't mean we have to start cheerleading for the banker
A movie that takes place where you're from
April 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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This is a very encouraging write up of a project that we should all be looking to follow
This is a very encouraging write up of a project that we should all be looking to follow
Trusting students and reducing barriers by abolishing penalties for late work
Antony Moss, Charlotte Ransom, Charlotte Adams,and Matt Myles-Brown share how they challenged traditional assumptions about assessment fairness
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April 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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This is a very encouraging write up of a project that we should all be looking to follow
This is a very encouraging write up of a project that we should all be looking to follow
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Job at KCL geography - join us! - Lecturer in Geopolitics (permanent post) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112649-...
April 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Job at KCL geography - join us! - Lecturer in Geopolitics (permanent post) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112649-...
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It gets worse…
Members back at work today after taking lawful strike action are now being threaten with disciplinary procedures if their auto-replies mention the reason for their absence during future strikes.
In what trade union world is this acceptable?
Members back at work today after taking lawful strike action are now being threaten with disciplinary procedures if their auto-replies mention the reason for their absence during future strikes.
In what trade union world is this acceptable?
April 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It gets worse…
Members back at work today after taking lawful strike action are now being threaten with disciplinary procedures if their auto-replies mention the reason for their absence during future strikes.
In what trade union world is this acceptable?
Members back at work today after taking lawful strike action are now being threaten with disciplinary procedures if their auto-replies mention the reason for their absence during future strikes.
In what trade union world is this acceptable?
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My thruppence on the current crisis across the UK university sector: THREE cheap easy wins that the government could implement to solve the short term issue, thereby helping us discuss the long term ones.
tacity.co.uk/2025/03/26/t...
tacity.co.uk/2025/03/26/t...
Three Immediate, Cost-Free Interventions to Avert Collapse in UK Higher Education
UK higher education (HE) is undergoing a profound and deeply unsettling crisis. Universities across the country including Newcastle, Cardiff, UEA, Dundee and many others (seemingly by the day) are …
tacity.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My thruppence on the current crisis across the UK university sector: THREE cheap easy wins that the government could implement to solve the short term issue, thereby helping us discuss the long term ones.
tacity.co.uk/2025/03/26/t...
tacity.co.uk/2025/03/26/t...
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„Don't Mention the Children“ - A poem by Michael Rosen
Don't mention the children.
Don't name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must…
Don't mention the children.
Don't name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must…
March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
„Don't Mention the Children“ - A poem by Michael Rosen
Don't mention the children.
Don't name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must…
Don't mention the children.
Don't name the dead children.
The people must not know the names of the dead children.
The names of the children must be hidden.
The children must…
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Ran a taster session for our new MA Global Sustainable Futures (@newcastleuni.bsky.social), and asked students how they imagined their global sustainable future. And their responses were wonderful! Sharing a couple of drawings below - and sincerely hope some of their visions come true 🙏💫
February 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ran a taster session for our new MA Global Sustainable Futures (@newcastleuni.bsky.social), and asked students how they imagined their global sustainable future. And their responses were wonderful! Sharing a couple of drawings below - and sincerely hope some of their visions come true 🙏💫
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New paper out in cultural geographies. It is an attempt to evaluate how geographers were implicated in their own non-representational theories and serves as a reminder that geographical thought is also a distinctive type of spatial phenomenon.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Naturalism and the self-effacement of the non-representational subject - Carl Christian Olsson, 2025
Non-representational and materialist theories have enabled geographers to understand subjectivity as something that is interwoven with intimate and dynamic spac...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New paper out in cultural geographies. It is an attempt to evaluate how geographers were implicated in their own non-representational theories and serves as a reminder that geographical thought is also a distinctive type of spatial phenomenon.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Google Scholar's "Time to Update Your Articles" emails are always laughably ambitious
February 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Google Scholar's "Time to Update Your Articles" emails are always laughably ambitious
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“Sudan is seen as ‘low priority’ area & refracted through the lens of allies, of the US, Russia, etc, in the region. Sudan is not seen on its own terms. The humanitarian catastrophe doesn’t move political decisions.”
Any meaning left in “international community”?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFW...
Any meaning left in “international community”?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFW...
February 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“Sudan is seen as ‘low priority’ area & refracted through the lens of allies, of the US, Russia, etc, in the region. Sudan is not seen on its own terms. The humanitarian catastrophe doesn’t move political decisions.”
Any meaning left in “international community”?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFW...
Any meaning left in “international community”?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFW...
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Arctic state identity by @ingridagnete.bsky.social is out next week!
🎧 Listen to Ingrid discuss her research, the value of carrying the title of one of the eight 'Arctic states', and the fluidity of identity, in ep. 62 of the Polar Geopolitics pod:
🎧 Listen to Ingrid discuss her research, the value of carrying the title of one of the eight 'Arctic states', and the fluidity of identity, in ep. 62 of the Polar Geopolitics pod:
Arctic nation, or not? The Geopolitics of Arctic state identity
Polar Geopolitics · Episode
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January 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Arctic state identity by @ingridagnete.bsky.social is out next week!
🎧 Listen to Ingrid discuss her research, the value of carrying the title of one of the eight 'Arctic states', and the fluidity of identity, in ep. 62 of the Polar Geopolitics pod:
🎧 Listen to Ingrid discuss her research, the value of carrying the title of one of the eight 'Arctic states', and the fluidity of identity, in ep. 62 of the Polar Geopolitics pod:
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So happy to share that my first ever paper has been published! This paper explores maternal geographies and is based on the work I did with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 👶✨
Lockdown babies: Exploring the maternal geographies and care spaces of birthing and mothering during Covid-19 in Gateshead and Newcastle, UK
This paper draws on research carried out alongside Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art’s project ‘20 Babies’. Launched in September 2021, Baltic brought together 20 families from Newcastle and Gates...
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January 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So happy to share that my first ever paper has been published! This paper explores maternal geographies and is based on the work I did with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 👶✨